Sport

Real Madrid go top of La Liga with narrow win over Barcelona in El Clasico

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 6 0

Real Madrid moved top of La Liga with victory over Barcelona in an El Clasico played in torrential rain at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium. Karim Benzema broke the deadlock with a sublime near-post flick – his ninth goal in his past seven La Liga games. Real doubled their lead before half-time through Toni Kroos’ […]Continue Reading

Politics

NDC’s interference in parliamentary business is a strange dev’t – Joe Wise

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 18 0

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joseph Osei Owusu has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of interfering in Parliamentary businesses. He described the development as “strange” and an affront to the course of deepening Ghana’s democratic credentials. Speaking in an exclusive interview with JoyNews‘ Emefa Apawu, the Appointments Committee Chairman recounted how Continue Reading

General World

Prince Philip: Special service to be held at Canterbury Cathedral

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 15 0

A remembrance service for the Duke of Edinburgh is to be held in Canterbury Cathedral this morning as the UK observes a period of official mourning. It will be led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who is also expected to lead Prince Philip’s funeral next Saturday. Some sporting events have been rescheduled during […]Continue Reading

General Politics

We’ve become too corrupt as a country – Joe Osei Owusu

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 18 0

First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu has dismissed claims that Members of Parliament (MPs) are bribed into accepting the nominees of the President. The approval of some ministerial nominees was criticized because of what some describe as their poor showing during vetting. The endorsement of minister-designates Ken Ofofi-Atta, Hawa Koomson, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and Dr Continue Reading

Entertainment

Rapper, actor DMX dies aged 50

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 12 0

Earl Simmons, better known as the rapper DMX, has died. According to a statement from his family, he died today at White Plains Hospital after being on life support for the past few days. “Earl was a warrior who fought till the very end. He loved his family with all of his heart and we […]Continue Reading

Entertainment Photos

TIUA denies awarding Sonnie Badu PhD in 4 months

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 12 0

Trinity International University of Ambassadors (TIUA) has denied issuing a degree to Ghanaian gospel musician Sonnie Badu within four months. In a statement, the school indicated that its courses are not structured to be able to award degrees within four months. “Therefore, any degree that has been earned by our students (including Dr Sonnie Badu) […]Continue Reading

Business

Sack Kumasi mayor; he’s incompetent, insensitive – Traders beg Akufo-Addo

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 13 0

Some traders in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, have called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to sack Kumasi mayor Osei Assibey Antwi because he takes arbitrary actions which are not in their interest. The traders say they have no market place to trade but the mayor has consistently evicted them from the pavements of the Central […]Continue Reading

Business

WACOMP-Ghana launches new digital market hub

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 14 0

The West African Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) has launched a digital market hub that will help promote locally-produced cosmetic products from Ghana in Accra. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday 8 April 2021 which indicated that the digital platform will support the cosmetics industry to establish clusters and networks to increase competitiveness. The new Continue Reading

Politics

Nyaho-Tamakloe berates Kyei-Mensah for whipping up ethnic sentiments within NPP

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 16 0

A stalwart of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has said Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has proven, once again, that he is not a democrat. According to Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe, the recent comment by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs that it was high time the NPP went for a non-Akan flag bearer after […]Continue Reading

Business

Ballooning freight charges killing importers – Awingobit

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 16 0

The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana in Tema, Mr Samson Asaki Awingobit, has said just before and after last year’s Christmas, “importers were paying about USD2,500 to bring a 20-footer container and about USD4,000 to bring a 40-footer container into this country”. However, “shipping lines felt that there was COVID-19, […]Continue Reading

General Politics

I rejected offer to run for Speaker – Haruna Iddrisu

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 18 0

The Minority Leader of Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has disclosed that he refused to put himself up to contest for the Speaker of Parliament slot despite pressure from some party stalwarts to do so. Mr Iddrisu made this revelation at a thanksgiving event held in honour of the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, in […]Continue Reading

Regional

Two children found dead in pastor’s car

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 14 0

Two children have been found dead in a head pastor’s car at Fawode in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Blessed Yiedie Boadu Boakye, 2, and Emmanuel Ahoto, 3, allegedly suffocated after being stuck in the car of the head pastor of Light Salvation Ministry International, Prophet Evans K. Oppong. The bodies were […]Continue Reading

General

Kasoa ritual murder: Amanase residents attempt burning juju woman’s shrine

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 13 0

Some residents of Amanase in the Eastern Region, have attempted torching a shrine belonging to a traditional priestess who has been linked to the recent killing of an 11-year-old boy by two teenagers in Kasoa, Central Region, for ritual purposes. The intervention of the police in Suhum foiled the arson attempt. The angry residents, mostly […]Continue Reading

Business

Ghanaians ‘even willing to pay higher taxes’ – Afrobarometer report

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 15 0

Ghanaians “endorse” taxation and are “even willing to pay higher taxes” to support the country’s development, a new Afrobarometer study has revealed. However, the report said the “majority” of citizens say it is “difficult” to find out what taxes and fees they are supposed to pay and how the government uses tax revenues. The analysis […]Continue Reading

Sport

Salifu Zida appointed Chairman of Black Starlets c’ttee

By Admin Editor April 11, 2021 11 0

The Executive Council Member of the Ghana Football Association, Alhaji Shaibu Salifu Zida, has been appointed as Chairman of the Black Starlets Management Committee. This decision was taken by the Executive Council on Thursday, 8 April 2021. The Upper East Regional Football Association Chairman replaces Vice-President Mark Addo, who has been in charge of the […]Continue Reading

World

Prince Philip dies at age 99

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 11 0

Prince Philip, the Greece-born royal who as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving consort to a British sovereign, died Friday. He was 99. “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle,” the royal family announced. “Further announcements will be made in due course. The Royal Family join with people […]Continue Reading

Entertainment

Global Boga gives first exclusive interview after death of wife Nicole Thea and baby son Reign

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 11 0

Dancer turned Afrobeat artist Global Boga has given his first broadcast interview since losing his wife, 24-year-old YouTuber Nicole Thea, who died last July while eight months pregnant. The couple’s newborn baby son, Reign, also died. Speaking exclusively to BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat reporter Joice Etutu about his grief, Global Boga said: “I thought I […]Continue Reading

Regional

We’re happy about fetish priestess’ arrest – Mum of 10-yr-old killed by Kasoa teens

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 19 0

The mother of the 10-year-old boy who was hideously murdered by two teenagers on Saturday, April 3 at Coca Cola, near Lamptey, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region has indicated that the arrest of the fetish priestess on Wednesday has brought relief to the family. The fetish priestess, who is alleged to have […]Continue Reading

Regional

NLA Denies Charges Levelled By Lotto Operators

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 15 0

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has urged the public to ignore claims by the Ghana Lotto Operators Associations (GLOA) and other groups that the state lottery regulator, wants to outsource its services to a private entity by name KGL Technology. In a press conference held last week, GLOA and some other groups, accused the government […]Continue Reading

Politics

Akufo-Addo Holding NPP MPs To Ransom With Deputy Ministerial Jobs

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 26 0

The Herald, has picked up reports of a disquiet amongst the New Patriotic Party (NPP) side of Parliament, over what they believe is the President’s attempt to hold them to ransom with Deputy Ministerial appointments, forcing them to be in the House every day. Ghana’s Parliament is hanged and both sides of the House, are […]Continue Reading

Politics

Jubilee House-Planted Story Against Mahama and Ibrahim Collapses

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 23 0

…….No Demand Made On Bauxite Concession A story cooked and planted by the Jubilee House against ex-President John Dramani Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama, with claims that the former Ghanaian leader is demanding the return of a bauxite concession taken from his sibling, has collapsed. Yesterday’s edition of the Daily Guide newspaper, had a […]Continue Reading

General

US, partners urge Burma’s military to release journalists

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 16 0

The United States and dozens of other countries are calling on Burma’s military to release all those unjustly detained, including imprisoned journalists, and end its violence against the Burmese people. “We are appalled by the escalating violence in Myanmar and the killing of demonstrators, arbitrary arrests and violence, including against journalists and media Continue Reading

Business

Dumsor is collapsing our business – Cold Store owners cry

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 18 0

Cold store operators at the Asafo Market in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, say they are gradually losing their business due to the erratic power supply. According to them, they have had to dispose of hundreds of cartons of spoilt fish due to months of unreliable power supply. The traders have also been saddled with […]Continue Reading

Entertainment

Kanye West documentary, 21 years in the making, sells to Netflix for $30m

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 11 0

A documentary series spanning over two decades of footage and home videos of Kanye West’s life and work has landed at Netflix. Billboard, which first reported the news, cites sources putting the price tag at Netflix at $30 million, though a person familiar with the matter tells Variety that that is not an accurate figure. […]Continue Reading

Business

Rio’s tax bill reaches $8.4bn

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 17 0

Mining major Rio Tinto this week revealed that it had contributed $47-billion in the countries and communities where it operates, including $8.4-billion of taxes and royalties. Despite the widespread challenges of Covid-19 in 2020, the contribution was up from the previous year, when Rio made a total direct economic contribution of $45.1-billion in the countries […]Continue Reading

Business

ECG proposes tariff hike

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 14 0

State power distributor Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has hinted at tariff hikes to mobilise revenue for its operations. ECG MD Kwame Agyeman-Budu said at a public forum on Thursday, 8 April 2021 that: “We need money to do it [improve]. If we get the increase we will love it [but] that will be up […]Continue Reading

Regional

IGP directs C/R Police to investigate alleged exhumation of dead bodies

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 14 0

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh has directed the Central Regional Police Commander to investigate the alleged exhumation of dead bosies from a cemetery within the region. A statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, Supt. Mrs Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman indicated that “A police officer known as […]Continue Reading

General

Active COVID-19 cases drop to 1,386; death toll stagnates

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 25 0

Ghana’s active COVID-19 caseload has dropped to 1,386, the latest figures of the Ghana Health Service have revealed. Some 65 new cases were recently confirmed. The death toll has been stagnant for a few days at 752. Since mid-March 2020, Ghana has confirmed a total of 91,109 cases of the pandemic with 88,971 of them […]Continue Reading

General

Ghana Embassy, USA, launches enhanced passport, visa platform

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 15 0

The Embassy of Ghana in Washington D.C, USA, on Thursday, April 8, 2021.started the implementation of a new user-friendly and fully integrated visa and passport application system As part of measures to provide improved passport and visa services to clients. The new and enhanced online application system the embassy said will expand their capabilities and […]Continue Reading

Business

Expect systematic power outages in May – Napo to Ghanaians

By Admin Editor April 9, 2021 17 0

Due to ongoing upgrade works on the Kasoa and Pokuase substations, there will be erratic power supply in May, the Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed. “Just two days ago, I received a letter from MiDA [Millennium Development Authority], who are helping upgrade the Pokuase and Kasoa substations. “They informed me that […]Continue Reading